Note also that the $Conf{ClientNameAlias} feature does not work for
clients with DHCP set to 1.
-
+
=item User name
This should be the unix login/email name of the user who "owns" or uses
The relevant configuration settings are $Conf{RsyncClientPath},
$Conf{RsyncClientCmd}, $Conf{RsyncClientRestoreCmd}, $Conf{RsyncShareName},
-$Conf{RsyncArgs}, $Conf{RsyncRestoreArgs} and $Conf{RsyncLogLevel}.
+$Conf{RsyncArgs}, and $Conf{RsyncRestoreArgs}.
=item rsyncd
The relevant configuration settings are $Conf{RsyncdClientPort},
$Conf{RsyncdUserName}, $Conf{RsyncdPasswd}, $Conf{RsyncdAuthRequired},
-$Conf{RsyncShareName}, $Conf{RsyncArgs}, $Conf{RsyncRestoreArgs}
-and $Conf{RsyncLogLevel}. In the case of rsyncd, $Conf{RsyncShareName}
-is the name of an rsync module (ie: the thing in square brackets in
-rsyncd's conf file -- see rsyncd.conf), not a file system path.
+$Conf{RsyncShareName}, $Conf{RsyncArgs}, and $Conf{RsyncRestoreArgs}.
+$Conf{RsyncShareName} is the name of an rsync module (ie: the thing
+in square brackets in rsyncd's conf file -- see rsyncd.conf), not a
+file system path.
Be aware that rsyncd will remove the leading '/' from path names in
symbolic links if you specify "use chroot = no" in the rsynd.conf file.
set to 'archive'. This allows for multiple configurations at sites where
there might be a combination of tape and cd/dvd backups being made.
+BackupPC provides a menu that allows one or more hosts to be archived.
+The most recent backup of each host is archived using BackupPC_tarCreate,
+and the output is optionally compressed and split into fixed-sized
+files (eg: 650MB).
+
+The archive for each host is done by default using
+__INSTALLDIR__/BackupPC_archiveHost. This script can be copied
+and customized as needed.
+
=head2 Configuring an Archive Host
To create an Archive Host, add it to the hosts file just as any other host
$Conf{XferMethod} = 'archive';
To further customise the archive's parameters you can adding the changed
-parameters in the host's config.pl file. The parameters are explained in the config.pl
-file.
+parameters in the host's config.pl file. The parameters are explained in
+the config.pl file. Parameters may be fixed or the user can be allowed
+to change them (eg: output device).
-The example archive programs included with BackupPC are for a CD and
-Tape archive. The programs are called BackupPC_archivecd and
-BackupPC_archivetape. These are specified by the ArchiveClientCmd configuration
-parameter.
+The per-host archive command is $Conf{ArchiveClientCmd}. By default
+this invokes __INSTALLDIR__/BackupPC_archiveHost, which you can
+copy and customize as necessary.
=head2 Starting an Archive
=head1 Copyright
-Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Craig Barratt
+Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Craig Barratt
=head1 Credits